Most of the many candidates for nomination to be the Democratic nominee to run for President in the 2020 election promote an affordable healthcare plan (Obamacare). The controversy is between those who advocate single payer (no private insurance, only government) and those who advocate Obamacare with a public option. I favor the latter. It is necessary for health care to be affordable for all people, good quality, and mandated for everyone. All health plans must meet standards for affordability and quality of care. Cheap health insurance plans that do not meet the government's standard of care should not be allowed. There should also be a quality reasonably priced public option. The reasons I favor the public option over single payer are as follows.
1. Single payer alone would do away with competition.
2. There is no reason to believe that a public health plan would be better than private (or vice versa).
3. Doing away with private health insurance would do away with expertise that has accumulated over years.
4. If public insurance turns out to be so much better than private that everyone turns to public and drives out private then so be it, but I doubt that would happen.
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